Q'STRAINT

Mission

Q'STRAINT believes all mobility passengers deserve access to the same level of safety as those around them. Through research and development, engineering and support, to providing innovative solutions, Q'STRAINT is Making Safety Accessible.

Products and Services Provided

The first time a Q’STRAINT system was used to secure a wheelchair user in a vehicle was the very first time that user met the same standards as other passengers.

Until that point, no one thought beyond simply strapping down the chair, treating riders like cargo. No one thought about the safety of wheelchair passengers. No one thought about saving lives. That is, not until groundbreaking wheelchair safety technology was developed by Q’STRAINT. Today that technology is used every day the world over and has become the gold standard in wheelchair securement.

But technology alone is never enough. Q'STRAINT's mission of Making Safety Accessible drives the company to continually improve. And it's promise of Thinking Beyond Safety is how they make that happen.

Q’STRAINT continues to be at the forefront of defining and establishing securement regulations worldwide; and to work with global standards groups to ensure that safety becomes accessible for wheelchair passengers in every country — guaranteeing the highest levels of safety for all.

Q’STRAINT provides wheelchair securement for transit, rail, school bus, paratransit and personal mobility. They have a variety of wheelchair securement solutions as well as training options to ensure all mobility passengers get where they need to go safely. Product finder.

Interesting Facts

Q’STRAINT began with a simple question: How can wheelchair passengers be safely secured in vehicles?

In the 1970s, a team of students and specialists at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada set out to find the answer.
Their research demonstrated that wheelchair passengers have unique safety needs requiring unique safety solutions, which, at the time, did not exist. So the research team developed the world’s first fully integrated 4-point wheelchair passenger securement system. Q’STRAINT was the first to introduce this innovative system to the global transportation industry.

Today, Q’STRAINT continues to build on this tradition of innovation, advancing its mission of providing safe accessibility to everyone by developing the world’s highest quality, wheelchair passenger safety solutions.